Core Python Programming

13.3. Classes

Recall that a class is a data structure that we can use to define objects which hold together data values and behavioral characteristics. Classes are entities which are the programmatic form of an abstraction for a real-world problem, and instances are realizations of such objects. One analogy is to liken classes to blueprints or molds with which to make real objects (instances). So why the term “class?” The term most likely originates from using classes to identify and categorize biological families of species to which specific creatures belong and can be derived into similar yet distinct subclasses. Many of these features apply to the concept of classes in programming.

In Python, class declarations are very similar to function ...